1  ON that night could not the king sleep, [ So who has their hand in the fact that the Kiing cannot sleep? Well God does. ] and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

4 ¶ And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

5 And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

6 so Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? [ So acting on his thoughts from the night before, the King asks Haman what he should do to honor a man whom he feels like he needs to honor. ] Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? [ Showing his real nature, he thinks that after the banquets and such that he is the man, he is the most honored man in the kingdom. So why or who would the King want to honor above me? This surely is not happening is it. What a blow to his ego. ]

7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,

8  Let the royal apparel [ Bring the best garments that we have. Even the one's that you would wear. ] be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

9  And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, [ These are the things which Haman would have wanted for himself. To wear the kings clothes, to ride through town with people cheering and bowing and worshipping him as if he were the king. He suggests to honor the man in a traditional way in which he Haman would have wanted to be honored. ] that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, [ Send one of the nobele princes before him to declare and announce him as he comes down the street. Further pomp to build one's ego and esteem. ] Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, [ The King says that sounds good to me. Go and do as you have suggested, but do it unto Mordecai. Can you imagine how Haman would have felt at that moment. All of his plans might go up in smoke. How painful for him, Mordecai is the one who would not bow to Haman, and now Haman has to essentially bow to Mordecai. Role reversal at its finest. ] and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, [ Note that the King calls Mordecai out as a Jew. ] that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. [ Make sure that you do every single thing that you told me that we should do. ]

11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour. [ Can't you just hear him. He is saying tha words but the really lack any meaning at all. ]

12 ¶ And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. [ So now it is the next day and we have Mordecai right back where he has always been. At the Kings gate checking on Ester. ] But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered. [ And we find Haman is just the opposite. He is all bent out of shape, frustrated and upset. He has so much pride that he does not become humble, but rather he is devastated. ]

13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. [ Seeking their pity and their outrage at the situtation. ] Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. [ Since you planned this who;e thing and now Mordecai is honored, well man I think that you are in a very bad position as it looks like your goose may be cooked as well. Could they also have told Haman of the prophecies pertaining to the Jews and them returning? Every way that you turn it is not good for Haman. ]

14  ;And while they were yet talking with him, [ In the middle of the conversation with his wife and his wise men the King sends for him to come to the party that Ester has prepared. This roller coaster for Haman just does not end. ] came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.